Phoenixville man faces child porn charges for Tumblr activity

PHOENIXVILLE — A borough man faces more than 100 charges of possession of child pornography after his alleged activity on a social media site was reported to police.

John D. Corr, 44, allegedly used an account on Tumblr.com to upload images “to the site which depicted child erotica and child pornography,” the affidavit of probable cause said.

“(He) was interviewed and did admit to possessing child pornography. Examination of the computer was done and more than one hundred (100) images and videos depicting child pornography” were found, according to police.

On Nov. 7, 2013, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a tip from Tumblr.com that “multiple images” were uploaded to the site on Oct. 25, police said.

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The analysts at NCMEC conducted an investigation into the activity of the IP address, which was later found to belong to Corr, police said.

During the investigation, police discovered Corr allegedly shared files on a peer-to-peer website on July 24, 2012, and June 9, 2013.

The children in the images are less than 18 years old, often posing nude and engaging in sexual acts, police said.

On Nov. 22, 2013, NCMEC received another complaint from Tumblr.com about another IP address uploading sexually explicit images on Nov. 13.

When police went to speak with Corr on Jan. 29 of this year, he told police he knew why they were at his house and agreed to speak with them.

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